• Adam Smith Institute
  Adam Smith Institute
  The Adam Smith Institute, abbreviated to ASI, is a think tank based in the United Kingdom, named after one of the founders of modern economics, Adam Smith. It espouses free market and classical liberal views, in particular by creating radical policy options in the light of public choice theory,...
  
  
• Bow Group
  Bow Group
  The Bow Group is one of the oldest think tanks in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the Bow area of London where it first met, it was founded in 1951...
  
  
• Boyd Group
  Boyd Group
  The Boyd Group is a British based, independent think tank considering issues relating to animal testing.- Background :The group was founded in 1992, the idea forming from a dialogue between Colin Blakemore, a strong advocate of animal testing and subsequently chief executive of the Medical Research...
  
  
• Bruges Group
  Bruges Group
  The Bruges Group is a think tank based in the United Kingdom.The group is often associated with the Conservative Party, though it is independent of it and remains an all-party organisation...
  
  
• British Institute of International and Comparative Law
• Building and Social Housing Foundation
  Building and Social Housing Foundation
  The Building and Social Housing Foundation is an independent housing research charity, with work that covers a broad range of issues around housing. It was established in 1976 and is based in Coalville in Leicestershire in the United Kingdom, but does work internationally...
  
  
• Catalyst
  Catalyst (think tank)
  Catalyst was an independent left wing think tank based in London, United Kingdom, set up in 1998 to promote policies directed to the redistribution of power, wealth and opportunity...
  
  
• Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion
  Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion
  The Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion is a British research institute at the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and Related Disciplines at the London School of Economics.It lists its core research areas as:...
  
  
• Centre for Cities
  Centre for Cities
  The Centre for Cities is a charity registered in England.The Centre for Cities describes itself as an independent, non-partisan urban policy research unit...
  
  
• Centre for Defence and International Security Studies
  Centre for Defence and International Security Studies
  The Centre for Defence and International Security Studies is a British defence and security think tank. CDiSS is a wholly independent organisation engaging in research, analysis, commentary and discussion on issues of significance within the broad context of international security...
  
  
• Centre for the Economics of Education
  Centre for the Economics of Education
  The Centre for the Economics of Education is a think tank in London, England, established in March 2000, with an extensive range of publications and reports on the economics of education....
  
  
• Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
  Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
  The Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion is a research organisation and think tank in the United Kingdom that develops ideas for policy makers and practitioners...
  
  
• Centre for Economic Policy Research
  Centre for Economic Policy Research
  The Centre for Economic Policy Research , a registered charity founded in 1983 by Richard Portes , FBA, CBE, is a network of over 700 researchers based mainly in universities throughout Europe, who collaborate through the centre in research and its dissemination...
  
  
• Centre for Enterprise
  Centre for Enterprise
  CFE are research and consultancy specialists in employment and skills with offices in Leicester and London.CFE is a private company limited by guarantee founded in 1997...
  
  
• Centre for European Reform
  Centre for European Reform
  The Centre for European Reform is a London-based think tank which supports European integration while arguing for institutional reform of the European Union...
  
  
• Centre for Policy Studies
  Centre for Policy Studies
  The Centre for Policy Studies is a British right wing policy think tank whose goal is to promote coherent and practical public policy, to roll back the state, reform public services, support communities, and challenge threats to Britain’s independence...
  
  
• Centre for Social Justice
  Centre for Social Justice
  The Centre for Social Justice is an independent, not-for-profit thinktank set up by the Rt. Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, to advance the education of the public in the subject of social justice and to promote the role of the voluntary sector...
  
  
• Centre for Social Cohesion
  Centre for Social Cohesion
  The Centre for Social Cohesion is a British think tank headquartered in London and founded in 2007.-Foundation and constitution:CSC was established with funding of circa £275,000 from Civitas. The organisation is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, and was incorporated and registered...
  
  
• CentreForum
• Chatham House
  Chatham House
  Chatham House, formally known as The Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in London whose mission is to analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs. It is regarded as one of the world's leading...
  
   - The Royal Institute of International Affairs
• Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit
  Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit
  The Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit is a think-tank for the Commonwealth of fifty-three nations and nearly two billion citizens. The head office is located in Russell Square at the University of London's Institute of Commonwealth Studies and is part of the School of Advanced Study.- History:The...
  
  
• The Constitution Unit
  The Constitution Unit
  The Constitution Unit is a UK based think tank that specialises in constitutional affairs and comparative constitutional studies. Founded in 1995 by Robert Hazell CBE , it is now based within the Department of Political Science at University College London.The Constitution Unit has done research on...
  
  
• Compass
  Compass (think tank)
  Compass is a left wing pressure group, aligned with the UK Labour Party describing itself as 'An umbrella grouping of the progressive left whose sum is greater than its parts'...
  
  
• CIVITAS
• Civitatis International
  Civitatis international
  Civitatis International is an independent and supranational think-tank on global governance. Civitatis is composed of a global network of leading international relations professors and practitioners around the world who research according to the editorial mandate of Civitatis: Constructive...
  
  
• Credos
  Credos
  Credos is an independently-governed think-tank established in early 2010 by the Advertising Association, as part of their mission to re-build public trust in advertising and maintain the freedom to advertise responsibly in the UK. It is funded by the advertising industry and overseen by an...
  
  
• Demos
  Demos (UK think tank)
  - History :Demos was founded in 1993 by former Marxism Today editor Martin Jacques, and Geoff Mulgan, who became its first director. It was formed in response to what Mulgan, Jacques and others saw as a crisis in politics in Britain, with voter engagement in decline and political institutions...
  
  
• Ekklesia
• Electoral Reform Society
  Electoral Reform Society
  The Electoral Reform Society is a political pressure group based in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform. It is believed to be the oldest organisation concerned with electoral systems in the world.-Aims:...
  
  
• European Council on Foreign Relations
  European Council on Foreign Relations
  The ' is the first pan-European think tank. Launched in October 2007, its objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values based foreign policy....
  
  
• Fabian Society
  Fabian Society
  The Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World...
  
  
• Foreign Policy Centre
  Foreign Policy Centre
  The Foreign Policy Centre is a British think tank specialising in foreign policy. It was formed in 1998 and launched by Tony Blair with the aim of developing a "vision of a fair and rule-based world order". It is pro-European. It has its origins on the centre-left of British politics, but works...
  
  
• Forum for the Future
  Forum for the Future
  Forum for the Future is a British non-profit organisation with a mission to promote sustainable development. Its vision is of "businesses and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally sustainable and socially just". It runs partnerships with more than 90 organisations across business...
  
  
• Global Ideas Bank
  Global Ideas Bank
  The Global Ideas Banks origins lie in the Institute for Social Inventions, which was set up in 1985 by Nicholas Albery, social inventor and visionary...
  
  
• Global Vision
  Global Vision (UK)
  Global Vision is a British eurosceptic campaign group. It is an independent, not-for-profit group, with no links with any political party. The "Parliamentary Friends of Global Vision" cross-party group has 24 Members of Parliament, all of whom are Conservatives, two Members of the European...
  
  
• Global Warming Policy Foundation
  Global Warming Policy Foundation
  The Global Warming Policy Foundation is a registered, educational charity and think tank in the United Kingdom, whose stated aims are to challenge "extremely damaging and harmful policies" envisaged by governments to mitigate anthropogenic global warming.-History:Established in November 2009,...
  
  
• Green Alliance
  Green Alliance
  Green Alliance is a charity and an independent think tank focused ambitious leadership for the environment in the United Kingdom . We have a track record of over 30 years, working with the most influential leaders from the NGO, business, and political communities...
  
  
• Halsbury's Law Exchange
  Halsbury's Law Exchange
  Halsbury’s Law Exchange is a legal think tank based in the United Kingdom.- Aims and objectives :The thinktank states that it aims to contribute to the development of law and the legal sector, as well as communicate ideas on reform or legal direction to decision makers and the legal sector and...
  
  
• Hansard Society
  Hansard Society
  The Hansard Society was formed in 1944 to promote parliamentary democracy. Founded and chaired by Commander Stephen King-Hall, the first subscribers were Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee...
  
  
• The Henry Jackson Society
• Independent Transport Commission
  Independent Transport Commission
  The Independent Transport Commission, abbreviated to ITC, is a research charity and think tank based in the United Kingdom, devoted to exploring issues in the fields of transport, planning and land use...
  
  
• Involve
• Institute for Fiscal Studies
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
  The Institute for Fiscal Studies is an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom which specialises in UK taxation and public policy...
  
  
• Institute for Government
  Institute for Government
  The Institute for Government is an United Kingdom independent charity that aims to improve government effectiveness created in 2008. It was initially funded with about £15 million by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, at the instigation of Lord David Sainsbury.....
  
  
• Institute for Jewish Policy Research
  Institute for Jewish Policy Research
  The Institute for Jewish Policy Research , founded as the Institute of Jewish Affairs, is a London-based research institute and think tank. It specializes in contemporary Jewish affairs, with a particular focus on Jews in Britain and across Europe...
  
  
• Institute for Public Policy Research
  Institute for Public Policy Research
  The IPPR is the leading progressive think-tank in the UK. It produces research and policy ideas committed to upholding values of social justice, democratic reform and environmental sustainability. IPPR is based in London and IPPR North has branches in Newcastle and Manchester.It was founded in...
  
  
• Institute for Social Inventions
  Institute for Social Inventions
  The Institute for Social Inventions was a think-tank set up in 1985 to publicise and launch good ideas for improving the quality of life. Its founder Nicholas Albery sought to promote non-technological innovations. It merged with the Global Ideas Bank, formed in 1995....
  
  
• Institute for Strategic Dialogue
• Institute of Advanced Study
  Institute of Advanced Study (Durham)
  The Institute of Advanced Study is a research centre of Durham University. The IAS has been set up to bring researchers from across the world to collaborate on cutting edge research. The IAS was set up to mark Durham's 175th anniversary and will be housed in the Grade I listed Bishop Cosins Hall...
  
  
• Institute of Economic Affairs
  Institute of Economic Affairs
  The Institute of Economic Affairs , founded in 1955, styles itself the UK's pre-eminent free-market think-tank. Its mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social...
  
  
• Institute of Race Relations
  Institute of Race Relations
  The Institute of Race Relations is a think tank based in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1958 in order to publish research on race relations worldwide, and in 1972 was transformed into an 'anti-racist think tank'....
  
  
• Institute of Welsh Affairs
  Institute of Welsh Affairs
  The Institute of Welsh Affairs is an independent, membership-based think-tank based in the capital of Wales, Cardiff, owing no allegiance to any political or economic interest group...
  
  
• International Institute for Environment and Development
  International Institute for Environment and Development
  The International Institute for Environment and Development is a London-based policy research centre and think tank.- History :IIED was established by the economist Barbara Ward in 1971...
  
  
• International Institute for Strategic Studies
  International Institute for Strategic Studies
  The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a British research institute in the area of international affairs. It describes itself as "the world’s leading authority on political-military conflict"...
  
  
• International Longevity Centre - UK
• International Policy Network
  International Policy Network
  The International Policy Network is a global think tank headquartered in the City of London. It defines itself as a non-partisan, non-profit organization, but has also been described as a "corporate-funded campaigning group"...
  
  
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British social policy research and development charity, that funds a UK-wide research and development programme. It seeks to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice...
  
  
• Jubilee Centre
  Jubilee Centre
  The Jubilee Centre is a Christian social reform think tank based in the United Kingdom which conducts research into the contemporary relevance of the biblical vision for society.- About the Jubilee Centre :...
  
  
• King's Fund
  King's Fund
  The King's Fund is a charitable foundation in England. Founded as the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund for London in 1897, the fund changed its name in 1902 to King Edward's Hospital Fund after the accession to the throne of King Edward VII...
  
  
• Legatum Institute
• Local Government Information Unit
  Local Government Information Unit
  The Local Government Information Unit is a London based thinktank and registered charity. Established in 1983 as a membership organisation for UK local authorities, the LGiU provides policy services and seeks to influence national policy, particularly in relation to local government and local...
  
  
• London Councils
• Migration Watch UK
• Million+
• Mutuo
  Mutuo
  Mutuo is a British think tank that has Gordon Brown as a patron and advocates cooperatives. In anticipation of the 2010 general election, it published the Mutuals Manifesto, which was the subject of an early day motion in the House of Commons.-External links:...
  
  
• National Institute of Economic and Social Research
• New Economics Foundation
  New Economics Foundation
  The New Economics Foundation is a British think-tank.NEF was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit with the aim of working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability"....
  
  
• New Local Government Network
  New Local Government Network
  The New Local Government Network is a United Kingdom think tank which was founded in 1996. Its director is Simon Parker, previously of Demos, the Institute for Government and the Confederation of British Industry....
  
  
• New Philanthropy Capital
  New Philanthropy Capital
  New Philanthropy Capital is a charitable organisation based in London. It states its mission is to direct more funding to effective charities and help donors make more informed decisions on how to give. New Philanthropy Capital produces reports on issues of social welfare and analyses the...
  
  
• New Politics Network
  New Politics Network
  The New Politics Network was an independent political and campaigning think tank in the United Kingdom, concerned with democratic renewal and popular participation in politics...
  
  
• Nuffield Trust
  Nuffield Trust
  The Nuffield Trust is a charitable trust based in London, whose aim is to produce independent analysis and debate on UK healthcare policy.Its principal activities include:*Holding meetings, workshops and seminars for people interested in UK healthcare...
  
  
• One World Trust
  One World Trust
  The One World Trust promotes education and research into changes required in global governance to achieve the eradication of poverty, injustice, environmental degradation and war. It develops recommendations on practical ways to make powerful organisations more accountable to the people they affect...
  
  
• Open Europe
  Open Europe
  Open Europe is an influential eurosceptic think-tank and interest group, founded in London by some UK business people, with offices in London and Brussels. While Open Europe does not advocate British withdrawal from the European Union, it is critical of the process of European integration and has...
  
  
• Population Matters, (formerly known as the Optimum Population Trust)
• Overseas Development Institute
  Overseas Development Institute
  The Overseas Development Institute is one of the leading independent think tanks on international development and humanitarian issues. Based in London, its mission is "to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement...
  
  
• Oxford Research Group
  Oxford Research Group
  Oxford Research Group is an independent non-governmental organisation and UK registered charity, which works together with others to promote a more sustainable approach to security for the UK and the world. In April 2005, ORG was named one of the top 20 think tanks in the UK by The Independent...
  
  
• Policy Exchange
  Policy Exchange
  Policy Exchange is a British conservative think tank based in London. The Daily Telegraph has described it as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right"...
  
  
• Policy Network
  Policy Network
  Policy Network is a London-based centre-left international think tank. It is leading platform for long-term strategic thinking, policymaking and international best practice, influencing policy debates in the UK, Europe and internationally...
  
  
• Policy Studies Institute
  Policy Studies Institute
  The Policy Studies Institute is a British think-tank. It was formed in 1978 through the merger of the former Centre for the Study of Social Policy and Political and Economic Planning. Since 1998 it has been an independent subsidiary of the University of Westminster...
  
  
• Politeia
  Politeia (think tank)
  Politeia is a centre-right British political think tank that generally supports free-market based initiatives. Its Director, Sheila Lawlor, and Politeia 'have been and remain hugely influential in steering public policy debate gently in a right of centre direction'.Its aim is to encourage...
  
  
• Progress (organisation)
  Progress (organisation)
  Progress is a political organisation linked to the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1996. It is broadly viewed as supportive of the leadership of the party, being pro-former leader Tony Blair...
  
  
• Quilliam (think tank)
• RAND Europe, an independent division of the RAND Corporation
• Reform
  Reform (think tank)
  Reform is a British centre-right, liberal, think tank based in London, whose declared mission is to set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity via private sector involvement and market de-regulation. Reform describes itself as independent and non-partisan...
  
  
• Relationships Foundation
  Relationships Foundation
  The Relationships Foundation is a British-based think tank which aims to change the way society approaches social, economic and political issues by balancing the needs of economics and relationships.- About Relationships Foundation :Their website says:...
  
  
• Renewable Energy Foundation
  Renewable Energy Foundation
  The Renewable Energy Foundation , founded in 2004 by UK TV personality Noel Edmonds, is a United Kingdom-based, registered charity with a stated aim of promoting the development of sustainable energy technologies....
  
  
• ResPublica
  ResPublica
  ResPublica is a British centre-right public policy think tank, founded in 2009. It describes itself as a multi-disciplinary, non party-political research organisation, whose aim is to create bold solutions to enduring social and economic problems.ResPublica has 7 advisory board members, 4 of whom...
  
  
• Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies
  Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies
  The Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies is a Royal Air Force sponsored think tank which engages in the study of air power.The centre was launched on 23 August 2007 by Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, Chief of the Air Staff...
  
  
• Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
• Royal Society of Arts
  Royal Society of Arts
  The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
  
  
• Scotland's Futures Forum
  Scotland's Futures Forum
  The Futures Forum is a think tank set up by the Scottish Parliament. According to the Parliament:When it was launched, the Forum webpage on the Parliament website included links to two other corporate lobby groups, the International Futures Forum and the Global Business Network which had been...
  
  
• Scottish Constitutional Commission
  Scottish Constitutional Commission
  The Scottish Constitutional Commission is an independent and non-partisan think-tank founded in 2005 by John Drummond, Chris Thomson and Canon Kenyon Wright, formerly of the Scottish Constitutional Convention...
  
  
• Selsdon Group
  Selsdon Group
  The Selsdon Group is a British free-market economics pressure group, closely associated with the Conservative Party. Selsdon Group members believe that economic freedom is the indispensable condition for political and social freedom. The group's President is the Rt. Hon...
  
  
• Smith Institute
  Smith Institute
  The Smith Institute is a left-wing think tank in the United Kingdom. It was founded in memory of the late John Smith QC MP, former Leader of the Labour Party....
  
  
• Social Affairs Unit
  Social Affairs Unit
  The Social Affairs Unit is a right-leaning think tank in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1980 as an offshoot of the Institute of Economic Affairs, it publishes books on a variety of social issues...
  
  
• Social Market Foundation
  Social Market Foundation
  The Social Market Foundation is a British public policy think-tank based in Westminster, London. It was set up by supporters of David Owen after the Social Democratic Party was disbanded in the late 1980s. It aims to promote and produce policies supporting the “social market”...
  
  
• Society of Conservative Lawyers
  Society of Conservative Lawyers
  The Society of Conservative Lawyers was founded in 1947 and is an affiliate of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom. A leading Conservative think tank, the society also provides expert legal advice to the Conservative Front Bench and hosts debates on topical issues...
  
  
• SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex
• Stockholm Network
  Stockholm network
  The Stockholm Network is a pan-European think tank and network, located in London. In addition to its own policy research, it is an umbrella organisation for market-oriented think tanks in Europe...
  
  
• The Wilberforce Society
  The Wilberforce Society
  The Wilberforce Society is an independent, non-partisan, student-run think tank, based at the University of Cambridge. TWS aims to 'promote constructive and intelligent debate,' 'represents the views of moderate students' and 'offers students the opportunity to become involved with policy...
  
  
• Theos
  Theos (think tank)
  Theos is a public theology think tank based in the United Kingdom which exists to undertake research and provide commentary on social and political arrangements. Theos aims to impact opinion around issues of faith and belief in society through research, publications, media engagement and events...
  
  , a public theology think tank
• Tomorrow's Company
  Tomorrow's Company
  Tomorrow’s Company is a business-led think tank based in the United Kingdom. Its stated goal is to work as a catalyst to help realise its vision of "a future for business which makes equal sense to staff, shareholders and society."...
  
  
• Unlock Democracy
  Unlock Democracy
  Unlock Democracy is a UK pressure group, based in Islington, in London. The organisation campaigns for a more participatory democracy in the UK, founded upon a written constitution. Unlock Democracy works to promote democratic reform across the political spectrum and is not aligned with any...
  
  
• Young Fabians
  Young Fabians
  The Young Fabians is the under 31 years of age section of the Fabian Society, a socialist society in the United Kingdom.- History :The Fabian Society was founded by a group of young idealists in the late 19th century . For example HG Wells was 27 when he joined the Committee as was George Bernard...
  
  
• Young Foundation
  Young Foundation
  The Young Foundation was launched in the spring of 2006 following the merger of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre. It is named after Michael Young, the British sociologist and social activist who created over 60 organisations including the Open University, Which? and...
  
  
• Work Foundation

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